Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich :: ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SAINT PETERSBURG

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Literature. Book Publishing // Salons, Circles, Creative Associations and Unions //

Arts, The House of, literary society

Arts, The House of, an organisation for literary figures. It was founded by K. I. Chukovsky, M. Gorky, A. N. Tikhonov. Opened on 19 November 1919 in the former house of the Eliseev family at 15 Nevsky Prospect / 59 Moika River Embankment. It was governed by a council. A. A. Akhmatova, A. A. Blok, A. L. Volynsky, Gorky, M. V. Dobuzhinsky, E. I. Zamyatin, K. S. Petrov-Vodkin, N. N. Punin et al. were members at various times.

Literature. Book Publishing // Personalia //

Blok A.A. (1880-1921), poet

BLOK Alexander Alexanderovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1921, Petrograd), poet. He was born in the house of his grandfather A.N. Beketov (9 Universitetskaya Embankment, the Rector's Building; memorial plaque). In 1891-98 he studied at Vvedensky Gymnasium, then at the Law Gymnasium, and from 1901, at the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University (graduated from it in 1906). He was published for the first time in Novy Put Petersburg journal in 1903.

Architecture // Sculpture, Monuments //
Capital // Heraldry, Symbols of St. Petersburg, State Awards //

Bronze Horseman

BRONZE HORSEMAN, the popular name of the monument to Emperor Peter the Great on Dekabristov Square. Originated from Alexander Pushkin's poem of the same name (1833); one of the best known Russian monuments and world monumental sculptures, and the first sculptural monument in Russia. It was erected on 7 August 1782. Empress Catherine II summoned French sculptor E.M. Falconet to work on the monument upon the suggestion of French philosopher D. Diderot.

Art // Music, Theatre // Stage, Cabaret, Variety Shows //

Cabaret (entry)

CABARET (from the French word cabaret - small restaurant). At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the name for small, literary and artistic restaurants, places for meetings of poets, musicians, actors, artists and other workers of art. They were established following after the fashion of the Parisian cabarets in St. Petersburg at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries.

Press. Mass Media // Periodical Press // Magazines //
Chiz and Yezh (Siska and Hedgehog), journals CHIZH and YEZH (Siska and Hedgehog), children's monthly journals, published by members of Marshak's editorial board (S. Y. Marshak, N. М. Oleynikov, also the journal's editor, Е. L. Schwarz et al.).

Population // Urban Living //
Circus (entry) CIRCUS. The establishment of circuses in St. Petersburg was preceded by traditional Russian amusements and games where trained animals took part in the fun. In the first years of the city's live bear-baiting (bear comedies) appeared in St. Petersburg: their performances involved trained bear doing tricks, while the trainers played clowns or fought with the animals.

City Topography // Green Areas // Gardens, Orchards //

Demidov Garden

DEMIDOV GARDEN is situated at Ofitserskaya (today Dekabristov) Street; between Pisareva Street and Moika River Embankment. In the early 18th century the lot belonged to Baron P.P. Shafirov, an associate of Peter the Great, in the second half of the 18th century it passed to L.A. Naryshkin. The so-called Banquettes in Naryshkin's Garden were opened on the territory of the garden in 1793, which had the character of an entertainment establishment, the first in St. Petersburg.

Art // Music, Theatre // Theaters, Concert Organizations //

Drama Theatre (entry)

DRAMA THEATRE. The performances of the theatre of Tsar Peter the Great's sister, Tsarevna Natalia Alexeevna (from 1714) can be considered as the first attempts to establish a standing public theatre in St. Petersburg. Various foreign companies on tour, such as J.K. Eckenberg's troupe, had been giving performances in St. Petersburg since 1719. From the 1730s, foreign troupes were included in the system of the Russian Court Theatres, giving performances on regular bases.

Art // Cinema //
Factory of Eccentricity FACTORY OF ECCENTRICITY (FEKS), the creative association, existed in Petrograd (Leningrad) in 1922-26. The aesthetic programme of the Factory of Eccentricity stood close to the ideas of the Leftist Arts Front and V. E. Meyerhold’s and V. V. Mayakovsky’s quest.

City Services // Housing and Communal Services //

Grand Hotel Europe

GRAND HOTEL EUROPE (in 1875-1991, Evropeyskaya (European); 7/1 Mikhailovskaya Street; since 1991 Grand Hotel Europe). Opened on 28 January 1875. The building was built in 1873-75 (architect L.F. Fontana), reconstructed from the former Klee Hotel and the apartment A.S. Rogov building. New interiors in the Art Nouveau style were created in 1905 on the initiative and under the guidance of hotel director I.I. Wolflisberg (architect K.E. Makkenzen).

Press. Mass Media // Periodical Press // Magazines //
Leningrad, journal LENINGRAD, throughout different periods several journals circulated in the city under this name.1) From 1922 until 1925 - a bi-weekly illustrated literary and political journal (until 1924 was called Petrograd), with the editorial office at 14 Sotsialisticheskaya Street.

Press. Mass Media // Periodical Press // Magazines //

Letopis (The Chronicle), journal

LETOPIS (The Chronicle) monthly literary, scientific and political journal, founded and virtually edited by Maxim Gorky. The journal united authors and publicists opposing nationalism and WW I. It came out from December 1915 until December 1917 with a circulation of 10,000-12,000 issues, under the official editorship of A. F. Radzishevsky and with A. N. Tikhonov as the publisher. The editorial office was situated at 1 B. Monetnaya Street.

Science. Education // Libraries //

Libraries (entry)

LIBRARIES. The first library of St. Petersburg was founded in 1714 by the decree of Tsar Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library; later on, it formed the basis of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1756, the library of Russian Court Theatre was opened, in 1757 - the library of the Academy of Arts, in 1765 - the library of the Free Economic Society, and in 1799 - the Naval Library.

City Topography // Urban Network // Streets //
Mayakovskogo Street MAYAKOVSKOGO STREET, between Nevsky Prospect and Kirochnaya Street. It was built in the first half of the 18th century, and was called Srednyaya Pershpektivaya, in the middle of 19th century - Shestilavochnaya Street, then - Nadezhdinskaya Street; in 1936, it was renamed after V.V. Mayakovsky, who lived in Building 52 in 1915-18.

Science. Education // Libraries //

Mayakovsky Library, central, municipal

MAYAKOVSKY LIBRARY, central, municipal, public (44 Fontanka Embankment), dates back to the athenaeum, founded in 1868 by A.A. Cherkesov. In 1919, it was reorganised into the Central Municipal Library. During the Siege of 1941-44 the library continued operating, catering to residents, military units and military hospitals. In 1953, the library was named after V.V.Mayakovsky. In 2002 the library held some 1,500,000 volumes.

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